Road vehicle and tram speed limits
Posted: 02 Dec 2007 13:20
Hello,
I just did a search on speed limits for road vehicles, which has been suggested before (make road vehicles slower when they are in a town). Is there any chance of seeing something like this implemented some day, 100 kph trucks flying through a city just ain't realistic...
Concerning trams, I have another idea: Many modern trams are in fact used as kind of light rail service and may run up to 100 kph. I think this is quite a bit too fast travel on inner city roads. So I was thinking whether it might be possible to limit the top speed of a tram when the rails are laid upon a road. This would mean that on such lines, speed is capped at say 70 kph, but on routes where the tracks are built somewhere on the green field, perhaps connecting two nearby cities, the full speed can be used. Would that be possible to implement?
Greets,
Uwe
I just did a search on speed limits for road vehicles, which has been suggested before (make road vehicles slower when they are in a town). Is there any chance of seeing something like this implemented some day, 100 kph trucks flying through a city just ain't realistic...
Concerning trams, I have another idea: Many modern trams are in fact used as kind of light rail service and may run up to 100 kph. I think this is quite a bit too fast travel on inner city roads. So I was thinking whether it might be possible to limit the top speed of a tram when the rails are laid upon a road. This would mean that on such lines, speed is capped at say 70 kph, but on routes where the tracks are built somewhere on the green field, perhaps connecting two nearby cities, the full speed can be used. Would that be possible to implement?
Greets,
Uwe